Our Musicians

Rob oversees the music program at Saint Cecilia and also serves on the faculty at Brandeis University as associate professor of the practice of choral music. At Brandeis University Rob oversees the vocal program, conducts the Brandeis choral ensembles, teaches conducting and choral methods, and serves as the performance track adviser for vocalists. Rob has served on the faculties of Dartmouth College, Pomona College, Claremont Graduate University, and Mount St. Mary’s College. He holds degrees in conducting, piano, and voice from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Temple University, and the University of Southern California. Additionally, he served as director of music for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. An active commissioner of new music, Rob has given several world premieres of works for both orchestral and choral forces. He served as counsel to the New Hampshire Council on the Arts and is the past president of the Eastern Region of the American Choral Directors Association.

Tyler is a Boston-based vocalist, voice teacher, and professor who specializes in the teaching and singing of diverse and versatile repertoire. He holds a Master of Music from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee in Vocal Pedagogy as well as a Bachelor of Music from Westminster Choir College in Music Education. Tyler has held numerous positions as soloist/cantor, chorister, music director, and teacher at various churches and schools in the greater Boston and Philadelphia areas. Tyler has been a featured soloist in many major works and operas including Bruckner’s Requiem and Te Deum, Cesar Frank’s Messe à Troi Voix, Basillio in NEMPAC Opera Project’s Le Nozze di Figaro, and Romboidal in Boston Conservatory’s L’île de Tulipan. He is extremely honored to be a part of the musical program at Saint Cecilia.

Daniel, a native of Chicago, is a Roman Catholic convert who went through the RCIA program at Boston’s Paulist Center in 1983. Daniel received an undergraduate degree from Brown University and graduate degrees in organ from Syracuse University and in harpsichord from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal. He has given organ recitals throughout the United States, including local venues like the Church of the Advent, and multiple appearances at Trinity Church, Copley Square, and the Methuen Memorial Music Hall. In addition to holding organist positions in different parishes in the Archdiocese, he spent twenty years on the faculty at Stonehill College. He also taught at the Longy School of Music and Northeastern University and has been a piano accompanist for ballet and modern dance classes at Emerson College and the Walnut Hill School. Now semi-retired, he continues as one of the pianists at the Symphony Café at Symphony Hall, Boston. Daniel was interim organist at Saint Cecilia in 2019 and became a parishioner at that time. He is delighted to return!

Since 2000, Penn has volunteered as an assistant organist for Saint Cecilia’s Sunday 8:00 a.m. Mass. He was welcomed onto the staff as assistant organist in June 2023. He minored in church music as an undergraduate at Harvard, where his practicum was at Church of the Advent (Boston) under John Cook. Since 1980, he has been Director of Music and/or organist at several churches in the Pacific Northwest.

Originally from East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Martin graduated from Boston College with Bachelor’s degrees in Music and Mathematics. Within his musical studies, he concentrated on vocal performance and composition—notably studying with Ralf Yusuf Gawlick. Martin was a member of the Boston College University Chorale and Chamber Singers under the direction of John Finney and served as a member of the organization’s executive board. Additionally, he was a vocalist and pianist in the Boston College Chamber Music Society, conducted the Boston College Marching Band, and performed with and alongside other prominent Boston-based ensembles such as the Back Bay Chorale and Boston Pops. Martin has sung as a baritone soloist in numerous works, including Mozart’s Mass in C major and Durante’s Magnificat in B flat major. He is honored and thrilled to participate in the liturgical music program at Saint Cecilia Parish.

Laura is a Colombian-American soprano from West Palm Beach, Florida, currently studying with Dr. Rebecca Folsom at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She was a recent Florida District Winner in the Metropolitan Laffont Competition. She was a Gerdine Young Artist at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis this past summer where she covered the roles of Musetta in La bohème and Berta/A Notary in Barber of Seville. In addition to her academic achievements, Laura is a trailblazer and leader in her community. She is the Founder of the Latinx Student Alliance at Boston Conservatory and actively serves as a student ambassador, advocating for diversity and inclusion within the performing arts. She has a fond love for Latin American music and her Colombian background.